Wall receptacle



Aug. 1929.

M ca. GILFILLAN LL RECEPTAGLE Filed Oct. 31, 1925 ll kj I fik jlj are)3390044 50;

Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,726,221 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCGREW GILFILLAN, F TEENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNCR TO THE TRUMBULLELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT, A COR-PORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

WALL RECEPTAC'LE.

Application filed October 31, 1925. Serial No. 65,999.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture constituting ashelf-like receptacle. adapted to be secured to the wall and intended tobe used for any suitable purpose, such as a soap dish.

One object is to provide a simple, sanitary, and substantialconstruction which can be economically and uniformly made.

Another object is to provide a construction of this character which canbe readily secured to a cement, plaster or tile wall.

Another object is to provide a construction of this character which canbe readily cleaned.

In its preferred form the receptacle is formed of material such asporcelain. The rear part is designed to be imbedded in and interlockedwith the cement of a'wall or other vertical support. The projecting partis glazed and impervious to "moisture and is so shaped so that it may bereadily cleaned.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the improvements of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view.

The device is formed of a single casting or pressing of suitablematerial and provided with a back or base portion 5 and horizontalshelf-like portion 6, which projects forwardly from the back. Theportion 6 is surrounded by an upstanding flange 7 whose sides areconnected to the base plate 5.

The shelf portion is provided with a series of upwardly projecting ribs8 which reinforce the shelf and also serve as supports for articles,such as soap, placed in the receptacle. The outer surface of the shelf 6is smooth at 9 between the ribs 8-8 and at the opposite ends 10. Infront'of the ribs 8 is a plane surface 11 which forms, .in conjunctionwith the front ends of the ribs 8 and the front wall 7, a sort ofgroove. Preferably a similar groove 12 is formed at the rear of the ribs8. This arrangement makes it possible to easily clean the shelf with acloth by running it along the edges or along the front or back, as thecase may be. The spaces between the ribs may be readily cleaned byrunning a cloth forward and back, and the spaces in the front and rearmay be readily cleaned by running a cloth from one side to the other.

The rear of the device is provided with a comparatively shallowprojection 13 which is adapted to be imbedded in the cement of the wallto serve as an anchorage. The entlre rear surface of the base 5 andprojection 18 is preferably left unglazed so that cement will morereadily adhere to it. The projection 18 may also have indentations ornotches 1 1 at intervals to increase the interlocking areas. I alsopreferably undercut projection 13 as shown at so as to increase theadhesive effect and assure a more permanent and safe anchorage. A greatadvantage of the shallow back construction is that the receptacle may besecured in a very thin wall. The shallow back construction is madepossible by making the back of comparatively large area and byundercutting all of its edges so that, when it is cemented in place, aconsiderable portion of cement is forced into the undercut portions tosecure the receptacle firmly in position.

This receptacle is so constructed and designed that the complete devicemay be readily made in a single operation in what is commonly known as atwo-part mold, of the simplest sort, so as to reduce the cost ofmanufacture and to increase the rate of production.

In the molding process, the two parts of the mold would meet atapproximately the line 16, 1-6 of Fig. 3 and it is obvious that the topportion of the dish including the corresponding part of the undercutback would be formed by the top die and the entire remaining part of thedish would be formed by the lower die, thus a single straight closingmovement of the dies forms the complete device.

I claim:

A wall receptacle comprising a body adapted to be secured in a wall,said body having'a forwardly projecting shelf and a rearwardlyprojecting relatively shallow anchorage boss adapted to be embedded inthe plastic material of which the wall is formed, said boss beingprovided with V-shaped notches in its upper and lower edges and beingundercut along said upper and lower edges includingthe V-shaped notchesto provide anchorage surfaces, the notches in the upper edge beingwidest at the top and the notches in the lower edge being widest at thebottom.

JOHN MGGREW GILFILLAN.

